RICK REAVIS

Wildflower Interpretive Guide

Rick gained a love of adventure from moving around the country twenty eight

times during his youth. Settling in Oklahoma, he married his High School
sweetheart, Margaret, and together they raised three children, now all grown and

married. They enjoy being Mimi and Pops to four granddaughters.

He completed a Master of Science in Ornamental Horticulture from Oklahoma State
University. As a Tenured Associate Professor at Oklahoma State University,
Oklahoma City, he spent several years teaching classes in Plant Identification,
Landscape Maintenance and General Horticulture. He was founder and owner of
a twenty-seven year award-winning landscape development company in
Oklahoma. He has been exploring the many plant species found in the Rocky
Mountains since the mid-1980s.

He is a former president of the board of directors of the Crested Butte Wildflower

Festival. Working as an interpretive guide in the summers at the Weldon and Rosalie

Weekley Visitor Center and Store in Gothic, Colorado brings him much gratitude

sharing all RMBL has to offer to the general public. During his spare time in the summer, he
works as a Wildflower Guide for the Crested Butte Wildflower Festival, rides and hikes the

many miles of trails around Crested Butte. In the winter, he can be found teaching folks

how to ski with better efficiency around the mountain as a Ski Instructor.